Cedar Hollow Wellness

Field dossier №1

Plants. Patience.
Practice.

An apothecary for the slow household. Tinctures, balms, and seasonal teas made in a kitchen that still smells of rosemary.

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Cedar Hollow Wellness

I. The Dossier

The field dossier begins the way our mothers began theirs — with a walk. A basket on the arm, a pair of shears in the pocket, and a long morning to notice which of the herbs has decided it is time.

Herbal wellness blends and teas, Midwest-grown.

What we are making is old, and what is old is also available to everyone — that is the quiet promise of this work. You already know how to brew a tea, how to sit with a cup in your hands, how to begin again tomorrow. We just bring the leaves.

II. Featured Remedy

Featured remedy

Ingredients

Calendula · Tulsi · Chamomile · Rose hip · Raw honey

Brewing ritual

  1. 1.Warm the cup. Let it know what it’s for.
  2. 2.One spoonful. Cover. Ten minutes.
  3. 3.Cradle. Breathe. Sip slowly.
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From the field

What the garden gave us this week.

Cut this morning: calendula, tulsi, rosemary, a fistful of yarrow. Drying on the porch. In the jars by Thursday.

IV. Ritual

How to use what’s in the jar.

I. Prepare

The jar and the kettle.

Warm the jar first so the glass remembers the tea. Fill halfway, then wait a breath.

II. Brew

Ten minutes, covered.

Lid on. The volatiles are the medicine; don’t let them leave. Steep ten, not five.

III. Be

Sit with the cup.

No phone, no screen, no errand. The ritual is half the remedy. Take the whole ten.

V. The letters

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